L103025 Clinical Ethics Case Review: Unilateral DNR - Is it ever permissible in pediatrics?

October 30, 2025

A 2-month-old infant is found unresponsive in the early hours of the morning due to accidental suffocation secondary to co-sleeping. In the emergency department, the infant is asystolic and apneic. After two rounds of chest compressions and CPR, the infant has a return of spontaneous circulation. Upon further testing, the infant tests positive for methamphetamines in his urine. The infant, now off the ventilator, presents with a severe anoxic brain injury consistent with neurologic devastation and poor prognosis. The team recommends withholding all resuscitative measures. The parents disagree. The parents request all resuscitative measures, including chest compressions and intubation, be initiated if he starts to decompensate. What should we do?

Clinical Ethics Case Review will explore real cases to help clinicians understand how to identify, approach, and manage ethical issues. Every other month we will present a real case and review the ethical issues, provide ethical analysis, and discuss ways to approach these in practice. This educational opportunity will be beneficial for all clinical staff and especially for early career clinicians.

 These activities will be held bi-monthly, virtual, 4th Thursday from 11:30 – 12:30 pm. With exception of this October 30th course.

Target Audience

Children's Minnesota healthcare providers and staff caring for pediatric patients and their families. 

Learning Objectives

  • Review a case to understand hot to identify a clinical ethics issue
  • Discuss how to analyze ethical considerations around potentially non-beneficial interventions
  • Examine how to develop approaches towards resolution of an ethical issue
Course summary
Available credit: 
  • 1.00 ACPE
  • 1.00 ACPE Pharmacy technician
  • 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
  • 1.00 ANCC
  • 1.00 Attendance
    • 1.00 Approved AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
Course opens: 
09/29/2025
Course expires: 
11/30/2025
Event starts: 
10/30/2025 - 11:00am CDT
Event ends: 
10/30/2025 - 12:00pm CDT
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Moderator: Shika Kalevor, MBE, BSN, RN, HEC-C

DISCLOSURE STATEMENT:

It is our intent that any potential conflict should be identified openly so that the listeners may form their own judgments about the presentation with the full disclosure of the facts. It is not assumed any potential conflicts will have an adverse impact on these presentations. It remains for the audience to determine whether the speaker’s outside interest may reflect a possible bias, either the exposition or the conclusions presented.                                                                                                               

Planning committee members and presenter(s) have disclosed they have no relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies whose primary business is producing, marketing selling re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients and have disclosed that no conflict of interest exists with the presentation/educational event.

 

 

Accreditation Statement:

In support of improving patient care, Children’s Minnesota is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

Children’s Minnesota takes responsibility for the content, quality and scientific interest of its accredited continuing education events.

Credit Statement:

AMA

Children’s Minnesota designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent to their participation in the activity.

ANCC

Children's Minnesota designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.0 ANCC nursing contact hour. Nurses should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. 

Pharmacists and Pharmacy Techs will have their attendance reported in the CPE Monitor for ACPE credits provided they have entered their NABP-ePID and birth month and day where indicated when setting up their profile.

This program offers 1.0 contact hours of continuing education.  Most medical professional organizations accept AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™.  It is the individual’s responsibility to determine whether an education activity meets the continuing education requirements of their respective licensures and/or professional boards.  Go to your respective organization’s website for more detailed information regarding credit requirements.

Available Credit

  • 1.00 ACPE
  • 1.00 ACPE Pharmacy technician
  • 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
  • 1.00 ANCC
  • 1.00 Attendance
    • 1.00 Approved AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
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Required Hardware/software

You will need a computer or phone with either internet or Wi-Fi access.